the art of ORR MARSHALL

Yū-chan no… chaku-mero: “Yū-chan’s (new) ring-tone.” Chan (diminutive form of san, meaning Mr., Mrs. or Miss for adults) used to be added only to names of little children and pets, but now is often added also to names of older girls and young women. Hassei Kinshi: “Utterance Forbidden” (rather than “Parking Forbidden”), an obstacle to the central character’s singing ambitions. Fugaku Mokei: “Model of Mt. Fuji.” English speakers tally scores of 5 this way: . In Japan and China it is done by writing the 5-stroke character 正. Chū, chū, tako kai na: A nonsense tune used to count 5 (or 10 if each word represents 2), meaning roughly “Squeak, squeak, go buy an octopus.”